Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
It's - I write the books and let the market find who reads it. I guess a young adult is anywhere from… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I guess what led to me writing 'Holes' was having moved to Texas in 1991, and it was sort of my reaction… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I don't think too much about the audience when I'm writing... I'm aware that 'Holes' was read by kids as young as… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I jog in the morning and then write for about two hours. There are times when I'm really excited and can't wait… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I didn't become a good writer until I learned how to rewrite. And I don't just mean fixing spelling and adding a… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I think what makes good children's books is putting the same care and effort into it as if I was writing for… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
The best morals kids get from any book is just the capacity to empathize with other people, to care about the characters… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I write in the mornings, two or three hours every day, and then at least four times a week I play in… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
“And what would you like, Sharie?" asked Miss Mush. "What do you have?" asked Sharie. "Potato salad". "What else is there?" asked Sharie. "Nothing"… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I think of a book and a play, or a book and a movie, as two separate things - I don't think of it… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
Rattlesnakes would be a lot more dangerous if they didn't have the rattle. — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I jog in the morning and then write for about two hours. There are times when I'm really excited and can't wait to get… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
“He didn’t have any friends at home. He was overweight and the kids at his middle school often teased him about his size. Even… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
“If only, if only, the woodpecker sighs, The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer. While the wolf waits below, hungry… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
But don't forget who you really are. And I'm not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by someone else,… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
